The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-30
THE EPISCOPAL MISSION.
A Letter from DR.. Courtney, Who Will Begin
Work in This City Next Sunday.

To the Members Of the Church in indianapolis:
Dear Brethren-By the invitation of your
Bishop l am coming to hold mission for your
various parishes. in Christ Church, commencing
on Sunday, Feb. 6. and ending on the following
Monday week. Those of you who know any
thing of the practical working of parochial mis-
sions will not expect that l should be coming
With any gospel, that should intend
to employ novel methods in order to at
tract attention and win notoriety. The
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 'as this church
hath received the same" is to be the burden of
my message-the preaching Of repentance
towards God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ" and this in the hope that with the
promised help of the Holy Spirit, the work of
grace may be deepened in your souls and you
may be led to realize more fully what are your
privileges as Gods dear children. and members
OF His household If this may be the result of
the mission. it will show itself in your more en-
tire devotion to good works, in "patisnr continu-
ance in we'll doing" and you will abound more
and more in all that enriches the Christian life,
and extends its blessings to those who are
strangers to it.
1t is hoped. also, that the Lord may vouchsafe
to make use OF his servants for the awakening Of
those who ara in the sleep of sin, the making
earnest and anxious those who are listless and
careless, the making spiritual those who for
NAL, the vivifying those who have q name to live
and yet are dead.
If any part of all this is to be accomplished, it
can only be by the power of God himself No
ono but He alone can touch the soul no voice
but His wake the dead Pray then, breth-
rem. pray earnestly, that though ! come to you
Sin meekness and fear and in much trembling,
| my speech and my preaching may be not with
epticing words of mans wisdom, but in demon
| STATIONS of the Spirit and of power, that your
| faith may not stand In the wisdom OF men bu,
| in the power of God
| We may not doubt the willingness of God &c
| give Exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think but we must besiege the throne Of
/ grace with our prayers. and be expecting the an
| swer to petitions for 'sshowers of blessing.
or it may be said of US, ''Ye have not. because
| ye ask not
| There is wrapped up in this effort the posi-
bilities of very much good and very much harm
| beg of you to mediate upon both until your
4 souls are filled with suitable apprehen
| sion OF them. and then betake yourselves tt
| PRAYER, beseeching the Lord to give us the maxi
| imum of good and the minimum of harm; tina
4 many souls may become new creatures in Chris
| Jesus" and others may become conscious O
shines of refreshing from the presence of tn,
| Lord"
| Do what you can to come to the services, an,
| bring your friends and acquaintarces with ron
and, when there, may both you and they be LEI
! to exclaim: ''The Lord is in this place! This i
| none other but the house of God, and this i
| the gate OF heaven!'
| Commanding you to God, and to the word o
| His grace, l remain your faithful servant 70
| Christs sake, F. COURTNEY.
BOSTON Jan. Is.